Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Table of Contents................................................................................... 1
1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start..........................................................4
1.2 Features of This Manual ...............................................................................5
1.3 Safety Information ......................................................................................5
Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard............................................... 6
2.1 How does your motherboard look like?...........................................................6
2.2 Specification...............................................................................................7
2.3 Block Diagram ............................................................................................8
Chapter 3 Hardware Installation............................................................... 9
3.1 Quick Installation Procedure .........................................................................9
3.2 Installation You Have to Know.....................................................................10
Installing CPU ...........................................................................................10
Installing CPU and System Fans ..................................................................11
Installing Memory Modules .........................................................................12
Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables ..............................................................13
Connecting Front Panel Cable .....................................................................14
Connecting ATX Power Cables.....................................................................15
3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference ...........................................................16
Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency .............................................................16
Connecting Serial ATA (only for vKM400Am-S) .............................................17
Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting (only for vKM400Am-S)...............................18
Connecting AGP 8X Expansion Slot (only for vKM400Am-S)............................19
Connecting AGP 4X Expansion Slot (only for vKM266Pm) ...............................20
Connecting CNR (Communication a nd Network Riser) Expansion Slot...............21
Connecting IrDA........................................................................................22
10/100 LAN Supported...............................................................................23
Connecting USB2.0....................................................................................24
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Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effects .................................................................25
Connecting Front Audio..............................................................................26
Connecting AUX_IN ...................................................................................27
Connecting CD_IN.....................................................................................28
Connecting Case Open ...............................................................................29
Connecting S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) ........................................30
Colored Coded Back Panel ..........................................................................31
LED Indication ..........................................................................................3 2
3.4 Jumper Settings........................................................................................ 33
Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities................................................... 34
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)..............................................34
RAID BIOS Setting Utility (only for vKM400Am-S) .........................................34
SilentTek – Noise is Gone!..........................................................................35
Other Useful Features ................................................................................38
Chapter 5 Setting BIOS......................................................................... 39
Introduction .............................................................................................39
How to Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program........................................40
How To Enter BIOS Setup ..........................................................................40
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment..................................................41
Vivid BIOS technology ...............................................................................43
Chapter 6 Installing Drivers................................................................... 44
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD....................................................................44
Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver .........................................................................44
Installing VIA S3G Unichrome Graphics Win2K/XP Driver (for vKM400Am-S) ....45
Installing VIA S3G Unichrome IGP Win2K/XP Driver (for vKM266Pm)...............45
Installing Audio Driver ...............................................................................46
Installing LAN Driver..................................................................................46
Installing VIA USB 2.0 Driver......................................................................47
Installing VIA Serial ATA RAID Driver (only for vKM400Am-S).........................47
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Chapter 7 Troubleshooting..................................................................... 48
Chapter 8 Technical Support .................................................................. 49
Model Name and BIOS Version....................................................................50
Register Your Motherboard .........................................................................50
Technical Support......................................................................................51
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1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start
First of all, we would like to express our gratitude for purchasing AOpen products.
Once again, this motherboard is designed uniquely to meet all your personal
needs with our gre at industr y-d esigning ability and our ev erlasti ng perse ver ance
to the quality of all our products.
This manual will introduce you how this motherboard is installed. Please keep it
well for your future reference. If you lost your printed manual, you may also go to
our website at http://www.aopen.com to download the updated file.
Now, we would like to invite you to personally experience this user-friendly
manual and all of the powerful functions this AOpen product offers.
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1.2 Features of This Manual
T o help you g rab the useful information of this motherboard and aware of certain
conditions that you might need to know, you will see the icons below frequently:
Note
Warning / Caution
Warning
Tip
Warning
This contains knowledge you should know in process
of assembling, or some helpful tips.
Please be careful when you see this mark. It
highlights mistakes that occur often during
assembling, or something you need to pay attention
to.
This tip tells you some useful information that will
make your installation smoothly.
1.3 Safety Information
Please wear a wrist strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit
before handling a component. Alternatively, you can also touch an objec t
that is of ground connection or with metal surface.
Always unplug the power before you make any jumper setting.
Before you install or remove any components on the motherboard, please
make sure to disconnect the power first in case of damaging motherboard
or other components.
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Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard
Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard
2.1 How does your motherboard look like?
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1. JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper 15. RealTek 10/100 Mbps LAN Chip
2. ATX Power Connector 16. S/PDIF Connector
3. Low ESR Capacitors 17. AUX-IN Connector
4. SYSFAN1 Connector 18. Onboard AC’97 CODEC
5. AGP Protection LED 19. Front Audio Connector
6. AGP 8X Expansion Slot (vKM400Am-S)
7. AGP 4X Ex
7. 462-pin CPU socket supporting AMD
7. Athlon
8. VIA KM400A / VIA 8237 Chipsets
9. 184-pin DIMMs X 2 23. USB2.0 Connectors X 2 (vKM400Am-S)
10. CPUF AN Connector 24. Serial AT A Ports X 2(only for vKM400Am-S)
11. SYSFAN2 Connector 25. JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper
12. IrDA Connector 26. Case Open Connector
13. FDD Connector 27. Front Panel Connector
14. IDE Connectors x 2
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19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
ansion Slot (vKM266Pm)
TM
/ AthlonTMXP / Duron CPU
(vKM400Am-S)
VIA KM266Pro / VIA 8235CE Chipsets
(vKM266Pm)
2
4
6
8
10
12
20. CD-IN Connector
21. CNR Expansion Slot
22. 32-bit PCI Expansion Slots X 3
23. USB2.0 Connector X 1 (vKM266Pm)
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
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2.2 Specification
Here is the main function of your motherboard.
Models vKM400Am-S vKM266Pm
CPU
Chipset VIA KM400A / VIA 8237 VIA KM266Pro / VIA 8235CE
Main
Memory
Graphics
IDE
LAN Realtek 10/100 Mbps PCI LAN Chip Realtek 10/100 Mbps PCI LAN Chip
Sound
USB Integrated in chipset, USB 2.0 x 8 Integrated in chipset, USB 2.0 x 6
Slots
Back Panel
I/O
On Board
Connector
BIOS Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS Award PnP 2Mb Flash ROM BIOS
Form Factor Micro ATX Micro ATX
Board Size 244 mm x 220 mm 244 mm x 220 mm
AMD Athlon XPTM / AthlonTM / Duron CPU
Socket A
FSB400 MHz/333MHz/266MHz
DDR 266/333/400MHz
DDR DIMM x 2
DIMM Type : 64/128/256/512MB &1GB
Max Memory : 2GB
Integrated VGA Engine in chipset
8X AGP slot
Integrated ATA133 and Serial ATA
Controller
Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits
LBA Spec.]
Realtek AC'97 CODEC onboard, support
5.1 Channel
AGP x 1
PCI x 3
CNR x 1
PS/2 Keyboard x 1, PS/2 Mouse x 1
USB Port x 4, LAN Port x 1,
VGA Port x 1,
COM Port x 1, Printer Port x 1
Speaker_Out x 1, Line_In x 1, MIC_In x1
Floppy Driver Connector x 1
IDE Channel: ATA133 x 2
Serial ATA Channel x 2
Front Panel x 1
Front Audio x 1
CPU FAN x 1,Sy stem FAN x 2
Case Open Connector x 1
AUX_IN Connector x 1, CD_IN x 1
IrDA x 1, USB Connectors x 2
AMD Athlon XPTM / AthlonTM / Duron CPU
Socket A
FSB 333 MHz/266MHz
DDR 266/333MHz
DDR DIMM x 2
DIMM Type : 64/128/256/512MB & 1GB
Max Memory : 2GB
Integrated VGA Engine in chipset
4X AGP slot
Integrated ATA133 Controller
Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits
LBA Spec.]
Realtek AC'97 CODEC onboard, support
5.1 Channel
AGP x 1
PCI x 3
CNR x 1
PS/2 Keyboard x 1, PS/2 Mouse x 1
USB Port x 4, LAN Port x 1,
VGA Port x 1,
COM Port x 1, Printer Port x 1
Speaker_Out x 1, Line_In x 1, MIC_In x1
Floppy Driver Connector x 1
IDE Channel: ATA133 x 2
Front Panel x 1
Front Audio x 1
CPU FAN x 1,Sy stem FAN x 2
Case Open Connector x 1
AUX_IN Connector x 1, CD_IN x 1
IrDA x 1, USB Connector x 1
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2.3 Block Diagram
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VGA Onboard
AGP 8X
(vKM400Am-S)
AGP4X
vKM266Pm)
DIMM Sockets x2
Realtek
LAN Chip
LAN connect
Com
onent
266/333/400MHz
System Bus (400MHz
only for vKM400Am-S)
AGP bus
DDR400/333/266
RAM Up to 2 GB
(vKM400Am-S)
DDR333/266
RAM Up to 2 GB
(vKM266Pm)
USB Ports x8
(vKM400Am-S)
USB Ports x6
(vKM266Pm)
Floppy Disk
Drive
Socket 462
AMD Athlon/
Ahtlon XP/Duron
CPU
VIA KM400A
(vKM400Am-S)
VIA KM266Pro
(vKM266Pm)
PCI Bus
150MB
s
ATA
33/66/133
(vKM400Am-S)
32-bit PCI Slots
x3
Serial ATA Ports x2
(for vKM400Am-S)
IDE Drives x 4
RealTek
AC97
CODEC
VIA 8237
VIA 8235CE
(vKM266Pm)
4Mbits FlashEEPRO M
(vKM400Am-S)
2Mbits FlashEEPRO M
(vKM266Pm)
Parallel Port
Serial Port x 1
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Chapter 3 Hardware Installation
Chapter 3 Hardware
q
Installation
3.1 Quick Installation Procedure
1. Installing CPU
2. Installing CPU
Fan & System Fan
12. Installing Drivers &
Utilities
11. Installing
Operating System
(such as, Windows
XP)
3. Installing
Memory Module
4. Installing HD,
CD-ROM and
SATA Disk, etc
5. Connecting Front
Panel Cable
6. Connecting ATX
Power Cable
10. Loading
Default BIOS,
Setting CPU
uency
Fre
9. Connecting
Back Panel Ports
(Keyboard,
Mouse, etc)
8. Installing Other
Devices (USB, Front
Audio, etc)
7. Installing AGP & PCI Cards
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3.2 Installation You Have to Know
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m
Installing CPU
This motherboard supports AMD® Athlon Socket 462 series CPU. Be careful of
CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket (with CPU Overheat Protection
function implemented, the system will be automatically powered off when the
temperature of CPU reaches to 97 degree, but it works only on Athlon
Duron CPU).
1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle.
2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden arrow on the CPU upper
interface. Match Pin 1 and golden arrow. Then insert the CPU into the
socket.
3. Press down the CPU socket lever to finish CPU installation.
TM
XP /
CPU socket lever
Socket Pin 1
Golden Arrow
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Installing CPU and System Fans
Plug the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan,
you can also plug it in SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector.
SYSFAN2 Connector
GND
+12V
SENSOR
GND
+12V
SENSOR
SYSFAN1 Connector
GND
+12V
SENSOR
CPUFAN Connector
Note: Some CPU fans
do not have sensor pin so
that they cannot support fan
monitoring.
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Installing Memory Modules
DIMM slots are designed in Black which are very easy to recognize. Insert the
module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly
until the DIMM module is securely in place.
Tab
Pin 1
Key
Note: The tabs of the
DIMM slot will clip to hold the
DIMM in place when the DIMM
touches the slot’s bottom.
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Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables
Connect the 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable to floppy
connector and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong
orientation may cause system damage.
Secondary
4th)
Slave
Primary
2nd)
Slave
AT A 66/100/133 IDE Connector
Secondary
Primary
Master
3rd)
1st)
Master
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FDD Connector
IDE 1 (Primary)
Pin 1
IDE 2 (Secondary)
Pin 1
Connecting Front Panel Cable
Attach the power LED, speaker and reset switch connectors to the corresponding
pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED
will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode.
Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing, which is a 2-pin female
connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power
switch connector marked SPWR.
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Connecting ATX Power Cables
This motherboard comes with a 20-pin connector as shown below. Make sure you
plug them in the right direction.
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3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference
Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency
Setting CPU Core Voltage
This motherboard supports Voltage ID (VID) function to detect CPU voltage
automatically during power-on.
Setting CPU Frequency
This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through
1MHz stepping CPU Overclocking in the BIOS. CPU Core Frequency = CPU FSB
clock x CPU Ratio. However, all CPU now selling in the market belong to "Fixed
Multiplier". That means users can not adjust the CPU Ratio but only change CPU
FSB clock to achieve overclocking.
BIOS Setup > Frequency / Voltage Control > CPU Speed Setup
CPU Ratio From 5.5x to 16.5x step 0.5x; 17x to 18x
step 1x
CPU FSB
(Adjustment manually)
FSB= 100MHz-255MHz by 1MHz Stepping
CPU Overclocking
(Users do the overclocking at their own risk!!)
CPU
Athlon 1.33G 1.33GHz 266MHz 10.0x
Athlon 1.4G 1.4GHz 266MHz 10.5x
AthlonXP 1500+ 1.3GHz 266MHz 10.0x
AthlonXP 1600+ 1.4GHz 266MHz 10.5x
AthlonXP 1700+ 1.46GHz 266MHz 11.0x
AthlonXP 1800+ 1.53GHz 266MHz 11.5x
AthlonXP 1900+ 1.6GHz 266MHz 12.0x
AthlonXP 2000+ 1.667GHz 266MHz 12.5x
AthlonXP 2100+ 1.73GHz 266MHz 13x
AthlonXP 2200+ 1.80GHz 266MHz 13.5x
AthlonXP 2400+ 2.0GHz 266MHz 15x
AthlonXP 2600+ 2.13GHz 266MHz 16x
AthlonXP 2500+ 1.83GHz 333MHz 11x
AthlonXP 2700+ 2.16GHz 333MHz 13x
AthlonXP 2800+ 2.083GHz 333MHz 12.5x
AthlonXP 3000+ 2.167GHz 333MHz 13x
AthlonXP 3200+ 2.2GHz 400MHz 11x
Note: With CPU speed changing rapidly, there might be faster CPU on
the market by the time you received this installation gui de. This table
is kindly for your references only.
CPU Core
Freq.
EV6 Bus
Clock
Ratio
Note: Some CPU fans
do not have sensor pin so
they cannot support fan
monitoring.
Warning: To avoid
possible CPU damage
caused by overheat, CPU
Overheat Protection
circuit had been
especially designed on
this motherboard.
System will automatically
power off when this
motherboard detects the
CPU temperature higher
than 97 degrees
centigrade.
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Connecting Serial ATA (only for vKM400Am-S)
To connect a serial ATA disk, you have to have a 7-pin serial ATA cable. Connect
two ends of the serial AT A cable to the serial A T A header on the motherboard and
the disk. Like every other traditional disk, you also have to connect a power cable.
Please be noted that it is a jumper free implement; you don’t need to set jumpers
to define a master or slave disk. When serial AT A hard disks are installed on serial
AT A ports, the one connected on P ort0 (SA T A1) will be set as the first boot device
automatically. Please note that it doesn’t support Hot-Plug in function.
SATA1
Port0
SATA2
Port1
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Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting (only for vKM400Am-S)
Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE, this motherboard supports the latest
serial AT A hard disk. If you are unable to find your newly installed serial A T A hard
disks on your operating system after having them installed, the problem may lie
in the BIOS setting. You can simply adjust BIOS settings to have them work
properly.
After installing your hard disks properly, you can directly go to BIOS setting
screen for adjustment. Simply pressing “Integrated Peripherals
VIA-OnChip IDE Device
Æ
OnChip SATA” to either enable or disable SATA
interface
Æ
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Connecting AGP 8X Expansion Slot (only for vKM400Am-S)
vKM400Am-S provides an AGP 8X slot. AGP 8X is a bus interface targeted for
high-performance 3D graphic. T raditionally AGP used both rising and falling edge
of the 66MHz clock for 4X AGP, and the data transfer rate could achieve 66MHz x
4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s. Now AGP is moving to AGP 8X mode, which is upgraded
to 66MHz x 4bytes x 8 =2.1GB/s.
Warning: It is strongly rec ommended
not adjust AGP/PCI voltage/clock when
you connect SATA device. It is because
when the voltage/clock for AGP/PCI is
adjusted, the SATA clock cannot remain
at 100MHz, and the system will
therefore be unstable.
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Warning: It is strongly
recommended not install
a 3.3V AGP card, which
is not supported by VIA
KM400A chipset on this
motherboard.
Connecting AGP 4X Expansion Slot (only for vKM266Pm)
vKM266Pm provides an AGP 4X slot. AGP 4X is a bus interface targeted for
high-performance 3D graphic, and the data transfer rate could achieve 66MHz x
4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s.
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Connecting CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot
CNR is a riser card specification to replace the AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) that
supports V.90 analog modem, multi-channel audio, and phone-line based
networking. Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger, the digital
processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power. The
analogy conversion (CODEC) circuit requires a different and separate circuit
design, which is put on CNR card. This motherboard implements sound CODEC on
board, but reserves CNR slot for the option of modem function. Note that you can
still use PCI modem card. Please note that if you want to use CNR audio card on
CNR slot, you must disable the sound output of CODEC from BIOS to prevent the
CODEC from making out noises at the same time.
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Connecting IrDA
The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with
this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows Direct Cable
Connection, user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices
and printers. This connector supports both HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and
ASK-IR (56Kbps).
Install an infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared
function from BIOS Setup, UART Mode, you can use this function. Please make
sure you connect correct orientation when plugging IrDA module.
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Pin 1
10/100 LAN Supported
On the strength of Realtek RTL8100C LAN controller on board, this motherboard
provides 10/100 Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45 connector
is located on the top of USB connectors. The right hand side LED indicates link
mode; it lights in ye llow when linking to ne twork. The left hand side LED indicates
the transfer mode and will light in green when data is transferring at 100Mbps
(never lights while at 10Mbps). T o enable or disable this function, you may simply
adjust it through BIOS. To enable LAN wakeup function, you have to set the
“Wake on PCI Card” enable in the BIOS “Power Management Setup” section.
Speed LED (Left)
Green 100Mbps
ACT LED (Right)
Yellow
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Connecting USB2.0
g
This motherboard provides eight USB 2.0(vKM400Am-S)/six USB2.0 (vKM266Pm)
ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc.
There are four ports on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect
Front USB connector to USB modules or chassis front panel.
Pin 1
Pin 1
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Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effects
This motherboard comes with a Realtek AC97 CODEC (ALC650), which supports
high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effects, bringing you a brand new audio
experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC650, you're able to
use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any
external module. T o apply this function, you have to install the audio driver in the
Bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5.1 Channel. Picture
below represents the standard location of all speakers in 5.1 Channel sound
tracks. Please connect the plug of your front speakers to the green “Speaker out”
port, rear speakers’ plug to the blue “Line in” port and both of the center and
subwoofer speakers to the red “MIC in” port.
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Connecting Front Audio
If the housing is designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to
connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. By the way, please
remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the
cable. Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn’t have an
audio port on the front panel.
Pin1
26
Connecting AUX_IN
This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard
sound.
27
Connecting CD_IN
This connector is designed to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive
to onboard sound.
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Connecting Case Open
The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To
make this function work, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this
header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is
triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis, the system will beep to inform
you. Please be informed that this useful function only applies to advanced chassis;
you may purchase an extra sensor, attach it on your chassis and make a good use
of this function.
Pin 1
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Connecting S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface)
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format,
which provides impressive audio quality through optical fiber and allows you to
enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Through a specific audio cable, you
can connect the S/PDIF connector to other end of the S/PDIF audio module, which
bears S/PDIF digital output. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown,
one for RCA connector, the most common one used for consumer audio products,
and the other for optical connector with better audio quality. Same as outputs,
you can also connect RCA or optical audio products to input connectors on the
module and have the voice or music come out from your computer . However, you
must have a S/PDIF supported speaker/amplifier/decoder with S/PDIF digital
input/output to connect to the S/PDIF digital input/output to make the most out
of this function.
S/PDIF OUT
S/PDIF OUT
Pin 1
(RCA)
S/PDIF IN
S/PDIF IN
(Optical)
S/PDIF Module
(User Upgrade Optional)
S/PDIF
Cable
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Colored Coded Back Panel
The onboard I/O devices have PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector ,
COM1, VGA port, Printer, USB, AC’97 sound and game ports. The view angle of
drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.
PS/2 Mouse
Connector
PS/2 Keyboard
Connector
USB 2.0
Ports
COM 1 Port
SPP/EPP/ECP
Parallel Port
VGA Port
PS/2 Keyboard: For standard keyboard, which use a PS/2 plug.
RJ45 10/100
LAN Jack
USB 2.0
Ports
Line-In
Speaker Out
MIC-In
PS/2 Mouse:
For PC-Mouse, which use a PS/2 plug.
USB Port: Available for connecting USB devices.
Parallel Port: To connect with SPP/ECP/EPP printer.
COM1 Port: To connect with pointing devices, modem or others serial
devices.
RJ-45 LAN Port:
To connect Ethernet for home or office use.
VGA Connector: To connect with PC monitor.
Speaker Out: To External Speaker, Earphone or Amplifier.
Line-In: Comes from the signal sources, such as CD/Tape player.
MIC-In: For Microphone
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LED Indication
LED indication includ ing Bo ot LE D and AGP LED are AOpen’ s considerate designs
that aim at providing you friendly system information.
BOOT LED will keep blinking when you power the system on and when your
system is under POST (Power-On Self Test). After POST diagnoses everything all
right and finishes the booting, the LED will stay on otherwise it will remain
flashing to warn you that mistakes have occurred during POST
AGP LED aims to protect your motherboard from being damaged by over voltage
of AGP card. When AGP Protection T echnolog y is imp lemente d, this mo therboa rd
will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from
being burnt out. Please note that if you install an AGP card with 3.3V , which is not
supported by VIA KM400A chipset, the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up
to warn you the possible damage of the exceeding voltage.
AGP LED
BOOT LED
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3.4 Jumper Settings
e
E
JP28 Keyboard / Mouse
Wakeup Jumper
This motherboard provides PS2 keyboard / mouse
wake-up function.
JP28 Keyboard / Mouse Wakeup Jumper
1
Enable
JP14 Clear CMOS Jumper
1
Clear CMOS
1
Disable
(Default)
1
Normal
(default)
JP14 Clear CMOS Data
You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To
clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below.
1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power.
2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2.
3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds.
4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 & pin 2.
5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.
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Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities
Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)
With the latest chipsets implemented, VIA VT8237 provides RAID 0 and RAID 1
function for the Serial ATA hard disks. You may use RAID BIOS Setting Utility
provided by VIA to setup your disk array . For more RAID introduction, please visit
our website: http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/techinside/RAID.htm
RAID BIOS Setting Utility (only for vKM400Am-S)
In order to make sure your system can recognize and operate Serial ATA RAID
device smoothly, we have to enter RAID BIOS Setting Utility to do some
configuration. After finishing the BIOS setup and reboot, you will see [Press
<Tab> into User Window] about half way through the boot up. When you enter,
you will be presented with a screen as shown below. You can use this utility to
create or delete your disk arrays.
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SilentTek – Noise is Gone!
As CPU clock keeps rocketing higher and higher, it has inevitably brought higher
heat and system temperature in a relative way. The way we deal with this heat
problem, however , is to spare no effort to add one fan after another to protect our
pampered system, expecting these fans cool down our machine as much as they
can.
But at the same time, we believe that same users are affected terribly by the
irritating noises of these fans while working with their PC. As a matter of fact, we
do not have to get our fans running at such a high speed in most cases; on the
contrary, we discovered that having your fans running at appropriate time and
speed not only reduces the noise, but also consumes the least power the system
needs, so as to prevent over-wasting of energy resource.
Today, AOpen Motherboard is honored to bring you a new overall solution,
SilentTek, to make your system quiet. To collocate with hardware circuit, BIOS
and the utility under Windows, SilentT ek combines “Hardware-Status Monitoring”,
“Overheat Warning” and “Fan Speed Control” in a user-friendly interface to
provide you a perfect balance among noises, system performance and stability.
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The first image you have here is Voltage Status page. You can find current status
of all voltages here and set your expected margins of warning level.
You may check your
system voltage from
the indicating bar here.
In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you can get aware of the current temperature of CPU
and the heat inside chassis. Also, you can check if fans are running properly.
Of course, you can set your defaulted
lowest margin for your fans and
SilentTek will also pop up a message
box to alarm you when the fan is
rotating slower than this specified
speed.
You can set the highest margin of your
CPU and system temperature as default,
and SilentTek will pop up a message box
to alert you with an alarm when the
temperature goes beyond the specified
margin.
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The following page is surely the most important part of this utility . Y ou can control
the rotation speed of specific fans that you have got the options inside this page.
CD-ROM Rotation Speed Control:
by enabling the CD-ROM Rotation
Speed Control, you can adjust the
rotation speed of your CD-ROM.
When you set the speed to high
level, the CD-ROM will work at its
fastest speed and it will run at
basic required speed while you set
the value to low speed.
Smart FAN Control: This is the default setting of SilentTek and can be used for
any branded computer housing. With a special algorithm developed by AOpen ,
the fan speed is automatically adjusted by the parameters of CPU and ambient
temperature which is ease-of-use and trouble free at your service.
Fixed FAN Control:
Under this setting, a desired fan speed is set fixed when
operating.
Multiple Level Controls:
This is the most versatile setting that allows you to set
fan speed in relation to temperature. You may find that this setting fits you best.
AOpen Recommend Setting:
This setting is designed specifically for AOpen
housing. A series of lab tests were conducted under the real world scenario to
determine optimum fan spe ed to reduce noise le vel within CPU wo rking condition
and temperature. Most of the time, the fan would remain still when CPU is not
fully utilized.
Note: Due to hundreds brands of fans
on market, inaccuracy may happen in some
cases when you have your rotation speed
adjusted. It is still under the criterion and
please rest assured that it won’t cause any
problem to your system.
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Other Useful Features
With excellent design ability of R&D team, AOpen boasts for its various powerful
and handy features that come with our product like follows. You are welcomed
to visit our technical website to learn more about those features.
http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/techinside
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Chapter 5 Setting BIOS
Chapter 5 Setting BIOS
Introduction
System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu; this menu
allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into
the 128 bytes CMOS area (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset).
The Phoenix-Award BIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is
a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. The BIOS provides critical
low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel
ports.
AOpen’s R&D engineering team had optimized most BIOS settings of this
motherboard. However, some default settings of BIOS cannot fine-tune those
sections that controlled by chipset. Therefore, this chapter is intended to guide
you and help you to configure some other settings.
T o enter BIOS setup menu, press <Del> when POST (P ower-On Self Test) screen
is shown on your monitor.
Note: Because BIOS code is the most often
changed part on motherboard, the BIOS
information contained in this manual may be
different from the BIOS version that comes with
your motherboard.
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How to Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program
Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose,
press <Enter> key to select, and use <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys to
change setting values. You can press <Esc> key to quit Phoenix-Award™ BIOS
setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in
the Phoenix-Award BIOS setup program. Alternatively, it's strongly
recommended to install AOpen’s newest WinBIOS Utility to get more detailed
description, further powerful functions and advanced setting of BIOS.
Key Description
Page Up or + Change setting to next value or increase the value.
Page Down or - Change setting to previous value or decrease value.
Enter Select the item.
Esc In main menu: Quit without saving any changes.
In sub menu: Exit current menu to main menu.
Up Arrow Highlight previous item.
Down Arrow Highlight next item.
Left Arrow Move the light bar to left side of menu.
Right Arrow Move the light bar to right side of menu.
F6 Load Setup Default setting value from CMOS.
F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS.
F10 Save changed settings and exit setup program.
How To Enter BIOS Setup
After finishing the jumper settings and connecting cables, you can power on and
enter the BIOS Setup. Press <Del> during POST (Power-On Self T est) and choose
"Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance.
Del
Warning: Please avoid of using “Load
Turbo Defaults”, unless you are certain your
system components (CPU, SDRAM, HDD, etc.)
are good enough for turbo setting.
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BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment
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With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash
wizard ---- EzWinFlash. With an eye to convenience for users, EzWinFlash
combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together, so the only thing you
have to do is just c lic kin g o n th e u tilit y y ou do wnloa d ed fro m web and le t it h elp
you complete the flash process automatically. EzWinFlash detects your
motherboard and checks the BIOS version cleverly to prevent your system from
any possible failure. Moreover, EzWinFlash has been taken into consideration to
go with any windows platform you might be using, no matter if you’re using
Windows 95/98, 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or Windows XP.
In the meanwhile, in order to provide a much more user-friendly operating
environment, AOpen EzWinFlash is natively designed to have multi-language
function to provide easier way for user in changing BIOS setting.
Caution: You are taking a risk of BIOS flash
failure when you update your system. If your
motherboard is working stable, and there are no
major bugs to be fixed by a latter BIOS revision, we
recommend that you DO NOT upgrade your BIOS.
If you intent on upgrade PLEASE MAKE SURE you
get the right BIOS revision for your motherboard
model so as to avoid an
ossible failure.
Note: The model name on this BIOS picture is for reference only. It may
not be the same model with your motherboard.
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You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash according to
following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all applications
before you start the upgrades.
Download the latest ve rsion of BIOS packag e zip file from AOpen official web site.
(Ex: http://english.aopen.com.tw/)
Unzip the downloaded BIOS package (ex: WSGMAXII102.ZIP) with WinZip
(http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.
Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WSGMAXII102.EXE &
WSGMAXII102.BIN.
Double click WSGMAXII102.EXE; EzWinFlash will detect the model name and
BIOS version of your motherboard. If you collect wrong BIOS, you will not be
allowed to proceed with the flash steps.
You may select a preferred language in main menu, then click [Start Flash] to
begin the BIOS upgrade procedure.
EzWinFlash will complete all the process automatically, and a dialogue box will
pop up to ask you to restart Windows. Click [YES] to reboot Windows.
Press <Del> at POST to enter BIOS setup screen; choose "Load Setup Defaults",
then “Save & Exit Setup”. Done!
It is strongly recommended NOT to turn off the power or run any applications
during FLASH PROCESS.
Warning: The new BIOS upgrade will
permanently replace your original BIOS setting
when flashing. You may need to reconfigure the
BIOS setting before your system goes back to
work as normal.
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Vivid BIOS technology
Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen? Let’s
rule out the tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid, and let AOpen
show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful
POST screen!
Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and
mask text information during POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and
texts separately , and makes them running simultaneously during POST. With this
innovative design, VividBIOS now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors
screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen.
In addition, the limited space of BIOS ROM is another big issue. When all of the
traditional BIOS can only show space-consuming and uncompressed Bitmap,
AOpen has considerately tuned the BIOS to next generation, to recognize the
smaller-sized GIF format and even dynamic-showing GIF animation.
Vivid BIOS shares the same fundamental technology with Open JukeBox CD
Player , you may use the same EzSkin utility to change your VividBIOS screen or to
download your fav orite Open JukeBo x skin. If you se e this little logo s hown beside
your model name on the motherboard download page,
http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/ezskin/vivid.htm
that your motherboard supports this innovative feature!
, it is assured
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Chapter 6 Installing Drivers
Chapter 6 Installing Drivers
There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD. You
don’t need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish
the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as
Windows XP) before you can install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your
operation system’s installation guide.
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD
You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD. Choose the utility and driver and
select model name.
Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver
You can install the VIA 4 in 1 driver (IDE Bus master (For Windows NT use), VIA
AT API V endor Support Driv er, VIA AGP, IRQ Routing Driver (For Windows 98 use),
VIA Registry (INF) Driver) from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run
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menu.
Installing VIA S3G Unichrome Graphics Win2K/XP Driver (for vKM400Am-S)
This motherboard is based on VIA KM400A which provides integrated VGA Engine
in die. For optimized 3D performance, please installing its driver by choosing VIA
S3G Unichrome Graphics Win2K/XP driver in the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu
Installing VIA S3G Unichrome IGP Win2K/XP Driver (for vKM266Pm)
This motherboard is based on VIA KM266which provides integrated VGA Engine in
die. For optimized 3D performance, please installing its driver by choosing VIA
S3G Unichrome IGP Win2K/XP driver in the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
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Installing Audio Driver
This motherboard comes with RealTek ALC650 AC97 CODEC and the sound
controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset. You can find the audio driver from the
Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu
.
Installing LAN Driver
This motherboard comes with Relaltek RTL 8100C controller on board, which is a
highly-integrated Platform LAN connect device providing 10/100Mbps Ethernet
for office and home use. You can find the LAN driver from the Bonus CD Pack
auto-run menu.
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Installing VIA USB 2.0 Driver
This motherboard comes with USB2.0 function. You can install USB2.0 Driver
under Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP from the
Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu
Note: After installing USB 2.0 driver under WinME, there
would be a "green question mark" on "VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced
Host Controller" item. Please rest assured that it is not an error
message. You may just ignore it
.
Installing VIA Serial A TA RAID Driv er (only for vKM400Am-S)
This Motherboard has two SAT A ports which are provided by the south bridge VIA
VT8237. The two ports support RAID 0 and RAID 1. You can install the SAT A RAID
driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
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Chapter 7 Troubleshooting
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Chapter 7 Troubleshootin
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Chapter 8 Technical Support
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Chapter 8 Technical Support
Dear Customer,
Thanks for choosing AOpen products. We invite you to register at
http://www.aopen.com
to become a Gold Member of Club AOpen so as to
ensure quality service in the future. In order to maintain the best service to every
customer of us, we recommend you to follow the procedures below and seek help
from our branches according to the region you buy the product. With your help,
we can then continue to provide efficient and the best quality service to every
customer.
Thanks very much for your understanding!
AOpen Technical Supporting Team
Europe
AOpen Computer b.v.
Tel: 31-73-645-9516
Email: Su
ort@AOpen.NL
China
艾爾鵬國際貿易(上海)有限公司
Tel: 86-21-6225-8622
Fax: 86-21-6225-7926
Germany
AOpen Computer GmbH.
Tel: 49-2131-1243-710
Fax: 49-2131-1243-999
Europe Email: Support@AOpen.NL
Pacific Rim: http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/default.htm
China: http://www.aopen.com.cn/tech/default.htm
Germany: http://www.aopencom.de/tech/default.htm
America: http://usa.aopen.com/tech/default.htm
Japan: http://www.aopen.co.jp/tech/default.htm
Pacific Rim
AOpen Inc.
Tel: 886-2-3789-5888
Fax: 886-2-3789-5899
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Japan
AOpen Japan Inc.
Tel: 81-048-290-1800
Fax: 81-048-290-1820
America
AOpen America Inc.
Tel: 1-408-232-1200
Fax: 1-408-232-1280
Model Name and BIOS Version
Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot
screen (POST screen). For example:
Phoenix AwardBIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
Copyright (C) 2003, Phoenix Technologies, LTD.
vKM400Am-S R1.02 Mar. 01. 2003 AOpen Inc.
vKM400Am-S is model name of motherboard; R1.02 is BIOS version
Register Your Motherboard
Thanks for choosing AOpen product, please register this motherboard at
http://club.aopen.com.tw/productreg/
and to ensure high service quality and priority from AOpen. You will also have a
chance to play slot machine game to win prize from AOpen. Please prepare the
following information before you start: Model Name, Part Number (P/N), Serial
Number (S/N) and Purchase Date. The Part Number and Serial number are
printed on bar co de labe l. You can find this bar code la bel on t he out side pa cking
or on component side of PCB. For example:
to become a Gold member of Club AOpen,
P/N: 91.88110.201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number.
Phoenix-Award BIOS ERROR Message
Beep Sound Message
1 short(Beep) System booting is normally.
1 long - 1 short(Beep) DRAM ERROR
1 long - 2 short(Beep) Display card or monitor connected error
1 long - 3 short(Beep) Keyboard Error
Long(Beep) continuous DRAM hasn't inset correctly.
Part No. Serial No.
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